February 13, 2012

"Patrick Hornberger, president of Eastwind Publishing in Trappe, was chosen as guest curator of the Lancaster County Long Rifle Exhibit to be held at the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pa."

November 03, 2011

"Little is known about the local gunsmiths. However, their guns tell us something of their skills. John Beck's firearms feature sturdy, wide butt stocks with a high and wide butt plate, according to authors Beverly Manbeck and Bruce R. Reed, who co-wrote 'Pennsylvania/Kentucky Longrifles and its Lebanon County Connection.'"

May 02, 2011

"Eugene and Dorothy Elgin were well-known, discerning collectors of Pennsylvania German folk art. Most everything in their collection came from country auctions or private homes in York, Adams and Cumberland counties."

May 14, 2010

"A Cultural Celebration: Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans," from a Berks County private collection, opens at the Reading Public Museum on Saturday, June 12, and will be on view through Sunday, Sept. 26."

"The works are in a variety of media, dating largely from the 18th and 19th centuries."

March 16, 2009

"The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University has undertaken the restoration of a rare 175-year-old Conestoga wagon, the type used by generations of Berks County farmers dating to before the American Revolution."

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August 19, 2008

"Visit the Barnes and you will be struck by the oddity of its hang. Paintings sit in tight rectangles or 'ensembles', perhaps five wide and three deep. These are arranged by size, form and colour – 'rhythm' was the favoured word – rather than period or artist. A Cézanne with a road receding to the right may form one corner of an ensemble, a van Gogh with a road receding to the left another. Interspersed will be Pennsylvania Dutch ironmongery or carved spoons."